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Ashrafi - Tahmasp II Mashhad mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1727-1728 |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1139 (1727) - - 1140 (1728) - - |
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Tahmasp II's claim to the throne was tenuous from the start. After the Afghan Ghilzai occupation of Isfahan in 1722 and the deposition of his father Shah Sultan Husayn, Tahmasp ruled in name over a fractured realm, dependent first on the warlord Fath Ali Khan Qajar and then on the ambitious Nader Qoli — the man who would eventually displace him entirely in 1732. Coinage from Mashhad during this period carries particular weight: the city was one of the few major centers that remained under nominal Safavid control, making its mint output a direct assertion of contested sovereignty.
The Mashhad mint designation on this ashrafi distinguishes it from the more commonly encountered Isfahan and Tabriz strikes of the type.